T-Squared

The first list of confirmed speakers at this year's Texas Tribune Festival contains names like Cruz, Huntsman, Hutchison, Castro, Van de Putte, Straus, Bradley and Hayes. Get your tickets while they're early-bird cheap! Full Story 

In the great-news-to-wake-up-to department, we've been honored by Investigative Reporters and Editors with the "Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism" for our livestream, our Ethics Explorer and our Bidness as Usual series. Full Story 

Today we're expanding our newsletter family with the launch of Trib+Edu, a twice-monthly product focused on public education that we're producing in conjunction with UT-Austin's College of Education. Full Story 

We're overjoyed to announce that we've lured one of the state's great investigative reporters back to Texas to cover criminal justice, the courts and the state's regulatory agencies. Full Story 

I’m pleased to announce that Tim Griggs, our loyal and dutiful Knight Foundation fellow these last six months, is joining the Tribune staff as as our newly minted publisher and chief operating officer. Full Story 

Since the beginning of the year, we've been looking for ways to disclose more about the inner workings of the Tribune. Today we've taken the next few steps along a continuing path. Full Story 

We're relaunching our free newsletter on Texas water issues today with a new name, Trib+Water, and a host of new features. Over the next year we'll roll out a series of similar subject-specific newsletters. Sign up today! Full Story 

We’ve got a series of big staffing moves to report here at the Trib: We’re saying goodbye to a colleague, bumping up a few others and rolling out the welcome mat for a couple of new hires. Full Story 

In recent months, we’ve heard a drumbeat from some of our most loyal readers for more information about the Tribune's business model and editorial policies. We're listening. Full Story 

The holidays may be behind us, but we’re offering you one last gift: two free weeks of Texas Weekly, our subscriber-only state politics newsletter. Full Story 

In case you missed it, today was the day we started livestreaming — the byproduct of our successful Kickstarter campaign last fall. It's a huge step forward, we think and hope, for the way political news in Texas is disseminated. Full Story 

Starting tomorrow, we’re merging the convenience of our daily email blasts and the need-to-know nature of the Brief into a single daily missive, delivered directly to your inbox first thing every morning. Sign up now. Full Story 

It shouldn't come as a surprise — we've been saying it for months — but by almost every measure, 2013 was The Texas Tribune's best year yet. Full Story 

As the end of the year approaches, we respectfully ask that you support — for all the right and honorable reasons — your favorite non-profit news organization. Full Story 

Mark your calendars! We're pleased to announce the dates of the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival: Sept. 19-21. Full Story 

Starting this week, readers of Texas Weekly, our subscriber-only newsletter, will get an incredible perk: a breaking news blog aimed specifically at political insiders. Sign up today! Full Story 

It's the final day of our fall pledge drive. If you've renewed your membership or signed up for the first time, thanks so much. We couldn't do it without you and wouldn't want to do it for anyone but you. If you haven't, there's still time! Full Story 

If you appreciate the free and open-to-the-public events we host statewide, become a member today during our Fall Membership Drive. Full Story 

Between responsive design, data apps and livestreaming, 2013 was a big year for Tribune technology. Will you help us stretch even further in 2014? Full Story 

In advance of a new op-ed and discussion site we plan to launch this spring — and in a general effort to improve the quality of discourse on texastribune.org — we've begun moderating comments much more vigorously. Full Story